Thread (26 messages) 26 messages, 3 authors, 2017-03-01

Re: [PATCH 4/5] staging: sm750fb: Remove unnecessary else after return

From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: 2017-02-27 19:32:31
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On Mon, 2017-02-27 at 23:44 +0530, simran singhal wrote:
This patch fixes the checkpatch warning that else is not generally
useful after a break or return.
[]
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c
[]
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
@@ -295,8 +294,7 @@ static long sw_i2c_write_byte(unsigned char data)
 
 	if (i < 0xff)
 		return 0;
-	else
-		return -1;
+	return -1;
Assuming -1 is some sort of error,
it'd be a more common style to use

	if (i >= 0xff)
		return -1;

	return 0;

Looking at the code, it might make
sense to use something like:

	/* SDA still != 0 */
	if (i >= 0xff)
		return -1;

	return 0;
}
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